Gardena enforces California's Swimming Pool Safety Act, which requires a pool barrier at least 60 inches (five feet) high with self-closing, self-latching gates that open away from the pool. Gaps cannot pass a four-inch sphere, and ground clearance cannot exceed two inches.
Because Gardena issues pool construction permits, the enclosure standard of California Health and Safety Code Section 115923 applies. A required pool barrier must be at least 60 inches high around the entire perimeter, with a maximum ground gap of two inches and no opening a four-inch sphere can pass; its surface must have no handholds or footholds a child could climb. Gates must open away from the pool and be self-closing with a self-latching device at least 60 inches high. A dwelling wall may form part of the enclosure only if pool-access doors have exit alarms. Separately, Municipal Code Section 18.42.070 caps residential fences at eight feet along side or rear lines.
Enclosure fencing, gates, self-closing hardware, and exit alarms must be installed, inspected, and approved before the pool is plastered or filled. Non-conforming or dilapidated pool fencing is abated as a code violation; report to Community Development at (310) 217-9672.
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